This project tackles the harsh and uncomfortable realities of what it is like to be a Black woman in the media. It examines the hyper-sexualization that occurs specifically with Black women in industries such as music, television, literature, and more.

Everybody knows that “changing social definitions of womanhood and manhood affect self-perceptions, opportunities, and behaviors” (T SOC Sociology of Gender 2017 [course syllabus]). What everybody may not know is that when we buy femininity and masculinity as products we diminish our true identity and strengthen gender stereotypes.

This is in the context of a newsletter to parents informing them of the importance of inclusive sex education for teens as well as informing them of important key works and their meanings so they can help facilitate informed conversations with their children as well.

The goal of my project was to emphasize the need for society to stop placing such high importance on gender, and all the expectations gender warrants. I've created a stimulating visual packed with information from many sources, colorful imagery, and my own personal views of this pressing topic.

This project looks at the growing popularity of genderless fashion. From childhood to adulthood, fashion is used to express personal style and preferences, removing binary gender categorization from apparel allows for greater freedom and ease of expression for people of all genders.

This presentation looks further into the "mean girl phenomenon", what it is and how it came to be. Also looks into how to deal with "mean girls" and at what age it is first noticed in young children. Why women are so competitive with each other is also analyzed.

Society continues to devalue the work of women while simultaneously devaluing the existence of transgender people. The combined result is the devaluing of transwomen and their work. This project looks at the implications of transwomen in the workplace.

This project focuses on "the second shift" which refers to the double work load mothers take on in their full-time careers outside of the home, as well as in the home (domestic labor). Although there is an increasing number of mothers entering the workforce, there is still a disparity between men and women, in regards to domestic labor.

This project focuses on the sociological analysis of Snapchat filters. As the popularity of the Snapchat app rises, so do the social effects of its filters. These filters may seem harmless and fun, but the underlying messages reinforce Western beauty standards and recreate many different stereotypes.

“Boys will be boys” and “girls will be girls” is no longer the dominant narrative in what has now become a global society. The impact of gender intersects all lives at all times. In other words, what impacts one gender impacts them all.

The notions of gender transgression and gender policing served as the basis for this presentation. Looking at the historical representations in media, major stories in the social awareness of transgender people, and transfeminist politics of the modern era allowed a freedom to look at the roots of trans-misogyny from multiple lenses. I wanted to humanize transgender people and simultaneously address a major question of the day. Namely do trans people have the right to exist in public spaces? This led to several related questions to help frame the issue on a historical and sociological basis and allow a synthesis of the two. I’m also asking why is femininity not more warmly embraced as part of the social justice struggle for gender equality? Why is it seen as inferior to masculinity? Why is gender socialization framed mostly in binary terms instead of acknowledging the variety of gender expression that actually exists? Why is gender fluidity not brought up when discussing gender discrimination? In choosing quotations I wanted to include the best of the writers and theorists from the recent wave of trans activism that has taken place since the 1990s. Additionally, by focusing an entire page on Christine Jorgensen, she is placed at the center of the modern transgender experience where her story belongs. As the first American to receive gender reassignment surgery her impact upon popular culture and trans awareness is staggering, like an atom bomb going off in the middle of the staid cultural landscape of 1950s America.

This zine exposes the unfair treatment of women in Hollywood. It’s an open dialogue of how Hollywood needs to do a better job of providing equal and fair treatment to women, to provide safe work environments, and to offer equal pay.